Portland : Places to eat
Monday, June 15, 2009
Food is one sure way to anyone's heart. A hearty meal leaves you happy and gets you ready to focus on other things. A scant, unappetizing meal makes your mind linger on food, wishing for something (better) else. I'm an amateur in the kitchen, and I find myself scouring the internet for easy, tasty recipes and trying them out. I'm lucky that my better half also loves food as much as I do. We both like to eat out, and tend to like similar dishes/cuisines.
The following is a list of eat-outs in Portland that interest me and I have either visited/will soon visit. I will edit this same post and include my opinion after any such indulgence.
Be informed that the dishes I eat are all vegetarian (no meat), and sometimes vegan (no eggs and no milk product).
Restaurants
An upscale Thai restaurant located at 6 places in and around Portland. We went to the one in Beaverton, right beside the MAX station. Though I do not like their interior decor (with giant organic squid hanging from the ceiling), I do like the service and the menu choices. You do have the choice of being seated outside.. where you can see the train loading and unloading passengers (if that's what you like to see!). The Spring rolls stuffed with glass noodles and other greens is good to begin with, followed by Drunken noodles and Green curry with vegetables with a side order of Jasmine rice. The Raspberry iced tea had a mild refreshing taste. Their Thai Iced Tea was all right - I've tasted better ones. To finish off, we had coconut icecream - they prepare it in-house and serve 2 scoops per portion. Every item in our meal had a unique taste and was gentle on the tastebuds.. except the Drunken noodles, which came with a *spicy* warning.
Our meal~$50 incl gratuity
Bakeries
Fast food
This salad bar has 3 locations in Portland. We had our Sunday brunch at the Beaverton location. The all-you-can-eat Soup-Salad-Breads buffet had loads of veggies to choose from. The Strawberry salad was the best. The soups were a meal in themselves. Then come the breads - oh the muffins! Signed off with flavored frozen yogurt and lots of fun toppings to choose from.
Our meal $7.99 per person. Tell the cashier its your first visit and they'll give you coupons for your next visit!
The drinks (teas/juices) are a separate buffet costing $3.99
Garlic Jim's
Gotta love garlic! For those on the West coast (and a few folks in Florida), this is gourmet pizza delivered to your door. We picked it up at their CedarHills store on Walker Rd in Beaverton. The "Jim's Gourmet Garlic" pizza we had was filled with tasty artichoke hearts and tangy sun-dried tomatoes. Priced on the higher side at $16 for a Medium size, it was worth every dollar spent as it gave us the restaurant taste and quality. You could score a discount sometimes in your clipper coupon booklet. Our only grouse was that the pizza was smattered with roasted garlic (about 3-4 cloves per slice) and it was a little too much for our taste. It was easy to pick those off of our slices though. Ideal for those Friday night dinners.. and yes, dont forget to get yourself and your sweetie a mint :D
Gotta love garlic! For those on the West coast (and a few folks in Florida), this is gourmet pizza delivered to your door. We picked it up at their CedarHills store on Walker Rd in Beaverton. The "Jim's Gourmet Garlic" pizza we had was filled with tasty artichoke hearts and tangy sun-dried tomatoes. Priced on the higher side at $16 for a Medium size, it was worth every dollar spent as it gave us the restaurant taste and quality. You could score a discount sometimes in your clipper coupon booklet. Our only grouse was that the pizza was smattered with roasted garlic (about 3-4 cloves per slice) and it was a little too much for our taste. It was easy to pick those off of our slices though. Ideal for those Friday night dinners.. and yes, dont forget to get yourself and your sweetie a mint :D
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